Shoe.



J. GAVANAGH, J3.

I SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED BEPT.14, 1908.

Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

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To all whom it may concern: a j

Be it known that 1, JAMES CAV N GH, J r;, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and. Commonwealthof Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Shoes, of whichthe tached, present one of the simplest forms in which a shoe may bemade since the upper may be attached directly to the sole. However,unless the upper is to be stitched down upon the sole all the wayaround, it has been customary in making such shoes to provide an insoleto which the upper is attached at the heel and also as far forward asthe front -of the shank, the heel end of the upper being lasted in uponthe insole in the usual manner. In practice it has been found that theadvantages incident to the type of shoe in which-the upper is lasted inat the heel are about counterbalanced in the foregoing construction, asusually made, by the additional material and labor cost involved inproviding the shoe with an insole.

The present invention aims, therefore, to provide a shoe which willcombine the advantages of a shoe having an upper lasted in at the heelwith the low cost of manufacture of a shoe having but a single sole.

To this end the invention comprises a shoe having a single sole upon theheel portion of which the upper is lasted in, and along the edge of theremainder of which the upper is turned out and stitched down. At thepoint of juncture of the outturned and inturned portions of the upper ofthe shoe constituting the preferred embodiment of this invention theedge of the sole is preferably cut back an amount substantially equal tothe width of the outturned flange around the forepart and the thicknessof the upper or of the up er and counter, and this cut-back edge preerably extends around the heel portion of the sole to the point ofjuncture Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September14, 1908. Serial 170. 452,886.

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across the joints above referred to.. When i it is desired to use athick sole, the invention contemplates splitting the sole in from theback of the heel end and lasting in the upper upon the upper tongue ofthe split portion of the sole, thus improving the appearance'of thejoints between the outturned and inturned portions of the upper andpermitting a closer fitting of the parts together..

In the construction just described, preferablyonly the tongue upon whichthe upper is lasted in'at the heel is cut back along its edge. When veryheavy upper leather is used so that it cannot conveniently be foldedupon itself, the upper is preferably split in from its lower edge wherethe joint between the outturned and inturned portions will occur. n

It will be noted that the shoe above described which constitutes thepreferred embodiment of this invention includes several novel featuresof construction which contribute both to its cheapness of manufactureand to the comfort of the wearer. It will be noted especiallythat thismethod of making shoes permits the manufacture at a very low cost of ashoe having a single sole and yet having on its inside no seams or othersole fastening means which necessitate covering the inside of the soleat the forepart, and that at its heel end the inside of the sole needsno more covering than the insole of any ordinary shoe. It will be notedfurther that when the sole is split in from the rear end to provide atongue upon which the heel part of the upper may be lasted in andanother tongue which will cover the lasted in part of the upper that acomparatively smooth surface is provided for the attachment of the heel,and thus a very good joint is formed between the heel and sole. When itis desired to use a single sole which is thin enough so that no especialadvantage would be gained by splitting it in from the rear end, the heelmay itself serve to cover the lasted-in part of the upper and when theshoe is thus made the sole is preferably out in atits under side nearthe joints between the inturned and outturned portions of the upper toreceive the inturned portions so that a smooth joint may be formedbetween the sole and the heel at the breast end of the latter.

- In the accompanying drawings,Fi ure 1 is a perspective view of anupper w ich may conveniently be used in making the stitch-down shoes ofthis invention; Fig. 2 is a pers ective view of the sole used in makingt e preferred form of the shoe of this invention; Fig. 3 shows the heelend of the upper lasted in upon the upper tongue of the split portion ofthe'sole shown in Fig. 2'; Fig. 4 illustrates a modified form of shoe inwhich the heel end of the upper is .lasted in upon the bottom of thesole, and

Fig. 5 illustrates the completed shoe embo ying this invention.

The upper 2, shown in Fig. 1, before it is attached to the sole ,4 ispreferably slit in from its lower edge at 6 wherethe joint between theoutturned and inturned portions.

' and upper are assembled. As shown in Fig.

2, the edge of the upper tongue at the spht portion of the sole isreferably cut back so that shoulders 9 are owed at its forward endagainst which abut the forward ends of posite sides of the joint betweenturned and inturned portions to be kept in substantially the same plane.The heel portlons of the upper and counter havin beenes8ofthesoe4asindicated in Fig. 3, t e remaining portions the inturnedportions of the upper and counter. The rovision of shoulders at theforward end 0 the up er tongue 8 permits the vertical portions of theupper u on ope outlasted in over t e' ton of the lower edge of the upperare turned out and stitched down upon the sole, a welt 10 beingpreferably fastened down upon the outturned flange of the upper by thestitches to aid in holding the stitches. After the up:

per has been attached to the sole in the manner just described, thelower tongue 12 is attached to the upper ton e 8 and a heel is attachedto the heel en of the sole in the usual manner. The attachment of thelower tongue 12 to the up er tongue 8 may be effected simultaneous ywith the attachment of the heel and by the same fastenings, or theattachment may be effected separately to form a heel seat in the usualmanner.

- In Fig. 4 is shown 'a modified form of the.

Patent of the United States is the I joint between the upon theluppershoe of this invention in which the upper is lasted over the bottom ofthe sole, the sole not being split in from the rear and; is in the formof the invention just described.

The sole is shouldered in the same manner,

as the sole of the form of the invention first described except that inthe form shown in Fig. 4 the shoulders extend through the sole. Thelasted-in portions of the counter and upper in the form of the inventionshown in this figure are covered by the heel which is attached directlyto the sole in this region. When the upper is lasted in upon the bottomof the sole, as shown in Fig. 4, the shoulders formed in -the sole forthe ends of the inturned portions of the counter and upper includepreferably shoulders formed byeutting in from the bottom of the sole aswell as shoulders formed by cutting back the sole from its edge. Theshoulders formed in the bottom of the sole are provided to permit theformation of a close joint between the sole and the heel at the breastend ofthe latter.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters 1. A shoe, comprising an upper, a sin sole anda heel, said uper bein lasted upon the heel end on y of sai sole and turned out andstitched down along the edge of the remainder of said sole said heelbein attached to the heel end of said sole, an said sole being providedupon opposite sides with shoulders against which a at the forward endsof the lasted-in portion of the upper.

2. A shoe, comprising an upper and a counter, a single sole ders at theforward en s of said counter and a heel, said-u per and oounterbeinglasted in upon-the hee end only of said sole said upper being turned outand stitched down alon the e of the remainder of said sole and eing-slitin from its lower edge where inturned and outturned ortions occurs,attached to the heel end of said sole.

3. A shoe, comprising anupper and a single sole split in from its rearend, said upper eing lasted in upon the upper. tongue .of said splitportion "of the sole and turned out and stitched down along theremainder of the edge ofsaid sole and said sole being rovided withshoulders at the forward en s of the upper ton e of said s lit portionagainst which t e turned sole and a heel, t

split portion; said upper being lastedin rovided with shouland said heelbeing portions of the upper abut. s 4. A shoe comprising anupper, a:single e sole being split in from tongue the-heel portion forward en sof the in:

and turned out and stitched down along the name to this specification inthe presence of edge of the remainder of the sole and being twosubscribing witnesses. slit in from its lower edge where the jointsbetween the inturned and out-turned por- JAMES OAVANAGH 5 tions occur,said heel being attached to both Witnesses:

tongues of the heel portion of the sole. ARTHUR L. RUSSELL, In testimonywhereof I have signed my H. DORSEY SPENCER.

